This is our Pongal kolam. It took almost four hours to complete. But unfortunately it was not there for more than half an hour after completion. The ten minutes rain washed it away. I could see only the marks of the kolam after the rain. But i ve got the photos n memories of my kolam.
Dot Counts : 15 - 8 (Inter dots)
Bala Devi.C
This is dotted kolam of count 15-1. Colour the lotus and in the middle you are left with 5*5 dots where you can draw any 5-5 kolam.
Its a pongal kolam with 27 dots 11 rows & 19 dots 4 rows & 11 dots 4rows.
It has 29 dots straight rows till 1 dot. the dots around the center dot that is the 13th dot is placed according to the design to make it as a round shape.and the 15th dot is the center.
my name is padma priya. i am from erode, tamilnadu. I have sent a rangoli.
This is a dotted kolam, has 29 to 15 inter dots, and also it contain 2,1 dots are on the 12 edges
This is straight dotted kambi kolam. 65 dots straight line and 33 dots horizontal line.
I have put this Vinayagar kolam for the Times of India margazhi kolam contest and I won the prize worth Rs.25,000/- Designer saree from RMKV. First I put this vinayagar on paper with pencil. It took 2hrs. Then I thought if I drew this kolam with rice flour, would it take more than 3hrs? So, I started this kolam at 3am in the early morning. Dots tooks 2 hrs, after that I finished Vinayagar at around 8.30am in the morning. Behind my house there is space to draw my Vinayagar. In that place we didn't have proper lights. My father and brothers made some temporary arrangements and fixed a small light, and my sister and brother's wife were also up early morning, and they stood in both sides and gave some feedback every now and then (...it looks nice, good, draw the line properly, correctly). My family supports to me a lot.
Hard work never fails. Its god's gift.
Thanks
With Regards
A.Hemamalini
No of dots : 15 to 8 inbetween dots .On each side(six sides) 5 and 2 inbetween dots.
Style: Strokes drawn around the dots
Medium used: wet rice batter, and color mixed in it.
Kolam done on Pongal by me.... My friends Sasikala and Swathi helped me....
Dot Pattern: 13 to 7, in between dots(sandhu pulli)
Sparkle colors were used for the big flowers...
A dotted kolam.
The dots count
19 dots, direct dot, till 1 dot (in Tamil: 19 pulli, ner pulli, 1 pulli varai)
By
Shyamala Govindaraju
Trichy
